Activities
- Have students do this
"Examining the Stages in Ecological Succession"
worksheet.
- Try this "Comparing Ecosytems" activity. This is actually
an activity to compare biomes.
- Do the "Drag and Drop" interactive game that has students
place biomes in either the marine or land
category.
- This "Communities and
Biomes"
wordsearch includes answers .
- There are 7 activities on
biomes at the "North American Biomes" site.
- The "Biomes" worksheet has students compare
biomes.
- "Build a Prairie" is an interactive game that lets
students choose the proper plants to inhabit a prairie.
- Do the
"Communities"
worksheet and the "Biomes"
worksheets from Glencoe.
- Try the "Communities and
Biomes"
crossword puzzle.
- "Exploring
Biomes" is a
worksheet for comparison of biomes.
- American Field
Guide's "Primary and Secondary Succession in America’s
Forests" unit has
3 activities and several video segments.
- This "Biomes" lesson from Teacher's Domain (You must
register for free to access) includes videos, maps, and readings in
PDF form.
- Play the "Biome Builder" an
activity in which players acquire a certain number of KiloCalories in
a Bingo-like game. Then, working in groups, they construct a tiny
animal community within the limits of their resources.
- "Terrestrial Biome Bash" is a Quia hangman
game.
Labs
- Have students do the "Building a
Biome" lab where the teacher assigns a biome to each group and has
them simulate it's conditions.
- See the affect of acids
on plant growth in the "Acids and Seed Germination" lab.
- Compare the water-holding
capacities of sand, clay, and potting soil in the "Water-holding
Capacity of Soils" lab.
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